Clifford Chance today announced that Alice Kane joins the firm's New York insurance practice. Kane advises property and casualty, life and health insurance clients on a wide range of regulatory and transactional matters.

Clifford Chance today announced that Joseph Cosentino has rejoined the Firm's Corporate team as a partner in New York. Cosentino's practice focuses on public and private M&A, with significant emphasis in the Insurance and Private Equity sectors.

McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC announced that attorney David A. Noll has joined the firm’s Corporate & Tax practice group.
Prior to joining McNees, Noll worked for K&L Gates LLP in its Pittsburgh office. He focuses his practice on corporate and transactional law, including mergers and acquisitions, commercial contracts, corporate...

This month the Vermont Law School community welcomes new leadership as Thomas McHenry begins his tenure as the school’s ninth president and dean. A former partner with Gibson Dunn in Los Angeles, Calif., McHenry brings 30 years of environmental and administrative law practice to VLS, ranked No.

Akin Gump today announced that Howard R. Sklamberg, former Deputy Commissioner for Global Regulatory Operations and Policy at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), has joined the firm as a partner in its health care and life sciences regulatory practice in Washington, D.C. Mr. Sklamberg comes to Akin Gump after a distinguished tenure at the FDA, where he...

Anne Croteau has joined McGuireWoods’ private equity industry team as a partner in Raleigh, North Carolina, enhancing the firm’s market-leading capabilities advising Small Business Investment Companies (SBICs), Business Development Companies (BDCs) and other investment funds.

Fish & Richardson announced today that full scholarships have been awarded to 33 students and their teacher chaperones from across the country to attend the U.S. Space & Rocket Center Space Camp in Huntsville, Alabama this summer. The goal of Fish’s Space Camp Scholarship program – which the firm has run for 19 consecutive years –...

John Henderson, a leading litigator in matters involving complex scientific issues, has joined McGuireWoods’ Product and Consumer Litigation Department as a partner in Dallas, where he will advise clients across industries in high-stakes product liability and mass tort litigation.

McNees Wallace & Nurick member Donna L. Kreiser was named as a 2017 Women of Influence award winner by the Central Penn Business Journal at a ceremony on Monday.
The Women of Influence Awards honors established business leaders with proven track records of community service and business accomplishments, and who influence others through their personal...

The global law firm Jones Day has announced that David P. Bergers will join the Firm's Securities Litigation & SEC Enforcement Practice as a partner in its Boston Office. He brings nearly 25 years of industry experience — as a government regulator, corporate counsel, and practicing attorney — to Jones Day.

The Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC), a global legal association representing more than 42,000 in-house counsel employed by over 10,000 organizations in 85 countries, today announced the launch of a new third-party cyber due diligence service, Vendor Risk Service, to help law department leaders identify and mitigate risks among their organizations...

McNees Wallace & Nurick attorneys Mike Doctrow and Brian Gregg will present the webinar, “Franchising Your Business – Considerations and Legal Requirements,” for The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) on Tuesday, June 20 from 11 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
The webinar is available free of charge to...

kCura recognizes leading global technology and eDiscovery services company FRONTEO USA as an Orange-level Relativity Best in Service Partner
FRONTEO USA, Inc. announced they have achieved kCura’s Orange-level Relativity Best in Service recognition for providing an exceptional experience to Relativity end users.

Departments Use Innovative Solutions, Data, and Technology to Overcome Top Legal Challenges and Save Time and Money
Corporate legal departments are adding legal operations functions, automating work to make time for higher-value projects, and harnessing technology to allow real-time access to metrics in order to reduce legal spend and improve department...

The Scoular Company announced today that Megan Belcher and Jeff Schreiner will join Scoular in the respective positions of General Counsel and Chief Information Officer (CIO). Schreiner joins the company May 22, while Belcher begins on June 1. Both executives will office in the company's headquarters in Omaha, Nebraska.

Wolters Kluwer Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC), which provides market leading governance, risk and compliance solutions to legal and financial professionals, has appointed Jonah Paransky to the position of Executive Vice President and General Manager of its ELM Solutions business. ELM Solutions provides enterprise software solutions that facilitate...

The Association of Corporate Counsel (ACC), a global legal association representing more than 42,000 in-house counsel in 85 countries, will host the 2017 ACC Legal Ops Conference, themed “Accelerating Innovation in Legal Services,” on June 2-4 in Chicago. This year’s conference adds a third track of concurrent programming, offers a...